SCOPS OWL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scops owl mean? 

• SCOPS OWL (noun)
  The noun SCOPS OWL has 1 sense:

1. any of several small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call

  Familiarity information: SCOPS OWL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCOPS OWL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("scops owl" is a kind of...):

bird of Minerva; bird of night; hooter; owl (nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scops owl"):

Old World scops owl; Otus scops (European scops owl)

Oriental scops owl; Otus sunia (Asian scops owl)

Holonyms ("scops owl" is a member of...):

genus Otus; Otus (a genus of Strigidae)